Acid rain and aquatic organisms by Uwamose martinUwamose MNO
Acid rain is a broad term used to describe several ways that acids fall out of the atmosphere. Acid rain is a phenomenon that results from industrial activities where sulfuric and nitric acids are produced by the release of sulfuric oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) into the atmosphere. This induces the acidification of inland waters which results in damage to aquatic ecosystems, including fish. Acid rain flows into streams, lakes, and marshes after falling on forests, fields, buildings, and roads. It also falls directly on aquatic habitats. Acid rain was first reported in Manchester, England, which was an important city during the Industrial Revolution. The term “acid rain” was first used by Robert Angus Smith in 1872.
Acid rain and aquatic organisms by Uwamose martinUwamose MNO
Acid rain is a broad term used to describe several ways that acids fall out of the atmosphere. Acid rain is a phenomenon that results from industrial activities where sulfuric and nitric acids are produced by the release of sulfuric oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) into the atmosphere. This induces the acidification of inland waters which results in damage to aquatic ecosystems, including fish. Acid rain flows into streams, lakes, and marshes after falling on forests, fields, buildings, and roads. It also falls directly on aquatic habitats. Acid rain was first reported in Manchester, England, which was an important city during the Industrial Revolution. The term “acid rain” was first used by Robert Angus Smith in 1872.
This presentation includes introduction and formation of acid rain as well as the effects of acid rain on humans, plants, soil, aquatic life,building, statues and sculptures.
“The primary objective of this research was to identify the most significant and immediate needs of large and medium size organizations to adapt to the emerging Carbon economy, with special focus into the energy management activities of the 200 largest energy consumers of Victoria.
On the energy efficiency space the biggest challenge that companies are encountering to reduce energy consumption is to identify, understand and quantify the energy efficiency opportunities, the underlying issue to identify energy efficiency opportunities seems to be in many of the cases the approach taken to deal with the problem. A small group of companies (majority of them above 0.5PJ per annum) have taken a continuous improvement approach to energy management these companies are ahead in number and qualities of efficiency opportunities identified and implemented.”
This presentation includes introduction and formation of acid rain as well as the effects of acid rain on humans, plants, soil, aquatic life,building, statues and sculptures.
“The primary objective of this research was to identify the most significant and immediate needs of large and medium size organizations to adapt to the emerging Carbon economy, with special focus into the energy management activities of the 200 largest energy consumers of Victoria.
On the energy efficiency space the biggest challenge that companies are encountering to reduce energy consumption is to identify, understand and quantify the energy efficiency opportunities, the underlying issue to identify energy efficiency opportunities seems to be in many of the cases the approach taken to deal with the problem. A small group of companies (majority of them above 0.5PJ per annum) have taken a continuous improvement approach to energy management these companies are ahead in number and qualities of efficiency opportunities identified and implemented.”
Addressing the challenge of energy efficiency through ICTFiras Obeido
High Performance buildings: are designed and built to minimize energy usage and environmental impacts, while maximizing comfort, health, and safety.
Smart Buildings: Leverage technology to provide enhanced performance and are connected and responsive to the “smart” power grid, which is emerging as information technology is applied to the infrastructure that delivers our electricity.
Energy Information Management: Is the useful visualization of information resulting from data collection, mining and other analytics.
Truly smart buildings will leverage knowledge that resides outside its walls.
Introducing programs that allow real-time adjustment of demand in addition to supply when wholesale prices are high or when grid reliability is in question or high demand is expected.
Two-way communication between the Grid & the Building where software conversation actually makes the Grid & the Building talk to each other.
The ICT sector can boost energy efficiency and enable emission reductions in a number of ways:
• Standardize
• Monitor
• Account
• Rethink
• Transform
Energy efficiency measures contribute to an organization’s sustainability goals, such as tracking and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But if the data is trapped within the building management system, executive level decision-makers may not find it.
The underlying principle that drives the connections between smart technology, sustainability, and efficiency is the access to better information that enables more effective decision making, which in turn results in more efficient operations and fewer resource requirements.
Climate change; its effects on pakistanShahid Khan
The climate system is a complex, interactive system consisting of the atmosphere, land surface, snow and ice, oceans and other bodies of water, and living things.
ArticlesOil Impacts on Coastal WetlandsImplications for.docxfredharris32
Articles
Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands:
Implications for the Mississippi
River Delta Ecosystem after the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spiii
IRVING A. MENDELSSOHN, GARY L. ANDERSEN, DONALD M. BALTZ, REX H. CAFFEY, KEVIN R. CARMAN,
JOHN W. FLEEGER, SAMANTHA B. JOYE, QIANXIN LIN, EDWARD MALTBY, EDWARD B. OVERTON, AND
LAWRENCE R ROZAS
On 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which released a US government-estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of
Mexico, was responsible for the death of 11 oil workers and, possibly, for an environmental disaster unparalleled in US history. For 87 consecutive
days, the Macondo well continuously released crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Many kilometers of shoreline in the northern Gulf of Mexico were
affected, including the fragile and ecologically important wetlands of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta ecosystem. These wetlands are responsible
for a third of the nation's fish production and, ironically, help to protect an energy infrastructure that provides a third of the nation's oil and gas
supply. Here, we provide a basic overview of the chemistry and biology of oil spills in coastal wetlands and an assessment of the potential and
realized effects on the ecological condition of the Mississippi River Delta and its associated flora and fauna.
Keywords: wetlands, environmental science, ecology, coastal ecosystems, microbiology
The uncontrolled blowout of the Macondo wellhead, locatedat Mississippi Canyon Block 252, which occurred on
20 April 2010 during the completion of drilling by the
Deepwater Horizon (DWH) drilling platform, is potentially
one of the largest environmental disasters ever experienced
in the United States, and, without question, the largest
marine oil discharge. The release of a US government-
estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil exposed the nation's
largest and most productive wetland-estuarine environ-
ment to an unprecedented level of environmental impact
(National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill and Offshore Drilling 2011). The coastal wetlands of
the Mississippi River Delta ecosystem, which constitute
almost 40% of the coastal wetlands of the 48 conterminous
United States, is of special concern because of the multitude
of environmentally and economically important services
that they supply to the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and
to the entire United States. These wetlands provide the base
for such ecosystem services as storm protection, water qual-
ity enhancement, faunal support, and carbon sequestration.
Approximately 30% of the United States' commercial fishery
production is dependent on these wetlands, and ironically,
they protect an oil and gas infrastructure that provides
one-third of the nation's oil and gas supply and 50% of the
nation's refining capacity.
Of course, the DWH spill is not the first to affect coastal
wetlands. In the United States alone, multiple smaller
spills occur each year. However, large spills that resul ...
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP